Elie Murard

Assistant Professor in Economics, University of Trento

Elie Murard is an Assistant Professor in Economics at the University of Trento. Prior to that, he has worked at the University of Alicante (Spain), at Stellenbosch University (South Africa), and at IZA (Germany). He received his PhD in economics from the Paris School of Economics in 2015.

He is particularly interested in International Migration and its effects on the origin and receiving countries. His research is featured in outlets like the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of Economic Geography, and World Development.

Recent work by Elie Murard

How refugees continue to positively shape the Greek economy over a century after they arrived

From 1922 to 1923, over 1.2 million Greek Orthodox migrated from Anatolia to Greece, raising its population by 20%. How did the human capital decisions of refugees differ from natives, and how do they continue to impact the Greek economy today?

Migration & Urbanisation

Stelios Michalopoulos Elie Murard Elias Papaioannou Seyhun Orcan Sakalli

Published 08.05.25

Elie Murard

Recent work by Elie Murard

How refugees continue to positively shape the Greek economy over a century after they arrived